GENERAL CABLES.
SOLVING THE CAPITAL v. LABOR ', PROBLEM, i - Received 2(i, 0.30 a.m. ; ) London, December 25. ! Sir C. Fuiness lias purchased the Win- - gate Grange colliery, at Durham, and . will initiate a co-partnership similar to that in operation at his shipyards. PARIS UNIVERSITY RIOT. Receiver 20, !U0 a.m. Paris, December 25. Medical students in Paris, resenting . | harder examinations, rioted, cavalry . dispersing them. Hooligans joined in a rush at the entrance to the Senate. ' Many windows were smashed. Several ; rioters were severely injured, and 300 , were arrested. j SOUTH AFRICAN FEDERATION. t Received 2d, 0.30 a.m. L Capetown, December 25. . The mayors in Cape Colony strongly ( recommend the postponement of any . suggestion or discussion regarding the j future capital lest it might interfere , with the prospects of closer union. PENNY POSTAGE. Received 20, 9.30 a.m. Paris, December 25. ; The French Post and Telegraph Com- • mission, in a report to the Chamber of ' Deputies, recommends penny postage : with England. COUNTERFEITING PLANT DISCOVERED. Received 2U, 0.30 a.m. London, December 25. A quantity of skilfully counterfeited silver coinage, and an up-to-date plant, has been seized at Essex road, London. ) A suspect has been arrested. A MAGNIFICENT BEQUEST. Received 27, 4.15 p.m. London, December 2(1. The sum of ,C 110,0110, the ultimate residue of the estale of Henry Chapman, chairman of the General Hydraulic Power Company, has been bequeathed to the King's Hospital Fund. INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION. London, December 24. At a conference of Lancashire iro.ifoundors and workmen it was decided to establish a Conciliation Board with the object of avoiding strikes and lockouts. HOUSEBREAKER SENTENCED. London. December 24. Williaw Warren Henry, who claimed to be well connected in Australia, was sentoneod at Manchester to five months' imprisonment for housebreaking and stealing scrip and jewellery.
CONTEMPT OF COURT. Washington, December 24. •ludgo Wright yesterday sentenced
Cooper, president, Mitchell, vice-presi-dent, and Monson, secretary uf Ihe Federation of Labor, to twelve, nine, and six months' imprisonment respectively
for contempt of Court in ignoring ail injunction and persistently blnck-lfslhi" the Rucks Stove and Range Company"
Die prisoners were admitted to bail pending an appeal.
; DUKE OF WESTMINSTER'S -I TENANTS. London, December 24. ■ In reference to the statement tha ■ the Duke of Westminster was stoppin pensions paid to some of his tenant i owing to the passing of the Old A" 1 fusions Act, the Duke savs his wishe i have been misunderstood. ' [|,. ,[(ies „o .desi ri! to disturb septuagenarians' pen along. ' AMERICAN SKCRKT SERVK E. New V'ork, December 21 I resident Roosevelt has enlarged th, scope of (|„. Secret Service bv mevginr all the detective agencies into n Bureau of Crimrmil Investigation, under the control of the Department oi Justice. THEATRIC DESTUOVED RY FIRE. New York, December 24. I lie Herald Square Theatre in l.roadivnv, New York, has been destroyed by Are. The audience and thnciors liml a narrow escape. I WRECK' OF TDK FREDA. ■ ~ London, December 24. Coastguard men rescued the survivors of the Freda (which wns wrecked on the Trish coasl) by means of ropes and ladders, while the easlawavs were attempting to scale precipitous 'cliffs. THE PEARLING DISASTER.
Perth, December 24. ' J lie total number of lives lost in '' the recent noarling disaster is sixtv-1 ' a 'even, including six Europeans ' i " . ' h
CABLE NEWS By o»ble.—Press Association.— Copj>-1 /i right.) ,J \ ; I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 309, 28 December 1908, Page 2
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